6/8/26

Longing, Mystery, and the Grail

 Really interesting conversation between (the always-fascinating) Jonathan Pageau and Dr. Martin Shaw about the lore and legends and symbolism around the Grail Quest. 


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10/13/25

Redeeming Halloween

 Here is a really fascinating discussion about the Christian connections to various Halloween traditions.  
Of interest to me especially was the discussion towards the end of the parallels and oppositions between the traditional images, symbols, and meanings connected to witches and those connected with nuns.
They don't say this in the video but it turns out that even the words "coven" (as in, a group of witches) and "convent" (where consecrated sisters or nuns live) share the same etymology.



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12/10/24

The Tabernacle, the Exodus, the Cross, and the Lord's Prayer

Here is a great video from Joe at the 'Young Anglican' channel in which he does a great job showing the symbolic and typological connections between the Story of Israel, the Architecture of the Tabernacle/Temple, salvation through Christ, and even the Lord's Prayer. 
 Very interesting stuff, some of which I had not even noticed before.  


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2/12/24

Jonathan Pageau & Richard Rohlin on "Reading like a Medieval person"

...Or at least, like one of those who actually could read.
Jonathan Pageau and Richard Rohlin are both committed Eastern Orthodox Christians, students of symbolism, iconography, and myth, and they also have some of the most fascinating conversations anywhere on the web.

  

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6/2/23

The mysteries of "Beowulf"

 The "Universal History" discussions between Jonathan Pageau and Richard Rohlin are, for my money, some of the most interesting content on the whole internet.  In this video they discuss the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, and its many parallels with the apocryphal Book of Enoch in the Hebrew tradition.  Lots of really interesting and thought-provoking stuff here.  


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